The sales manager at Riva told me he'll be able to get regies for the 12's for now, but he wasn't sure for how long. Riva accounts for something like 1/3 of worldwide SJ sales, so if anyone is gonna know for sure, it's probably them. I bought my '11 from them the last week of Aug & got one of the last three they had left from a 40+ unit order they had delivered just several weeks prior, so it sounds like I wasn't the only one scooping up a current year model. Then again, I asked him & one of the owners about this a few months ago after Kawi announced discontinuing the SXR, & they said don't worry...Yamaha sells mostly clean emissions 4-strokes so the new regs wouldn't affect them. Even my '11 had stickers on the hood & motor saying "For competion use only...This watercraft does not meet emissions standards for recreational use". Yeah, those were removed immediately.
I think the reason for the "competition only" sales is due to new federal emmissions regs for marine engines starting in 2012 from the
tard braintrust at the EPA. I know NY & CA haven't allowed the sale of 2-stroke skis in a few years, but I think the new standards are coming from the feds & no longer a state to state decision.